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but if you prefer chinchew to lump sugar, bring it with you. 

 Bring your own cot and bedding, well packed and secured 

 against vermin on board, and cots for your children to suit 

 land or sea, for these are very expensive at the Cape. For a 

 child a pair of bullock drawers placed end to end, with a 

 wooden frame rattaned at bottom, and sides to ship on the 

 top, answers admirably. Each trunk should be from 2 feet 1 to 

 2 feet 6 in length, by 20 or 22 inches in breadth ; these will 

 give a cot of 4 feet 4, or 5 feet 2, according to the height of 

 the child. If you have any carpels, or Bengal floor mats, and 

 purpose keeping house at the Cape, bring them, unless you 

 have to pay very high freight; also table gear of all sorts, but 

 do not buy for the purpose, as probably you would do so as 

 cheap at the Cape. Children's shoes are not made, and those 

 from England are very dear, a large stock therefore is desira- 

 ble, a good proportion of which should be with strong double 

 soles, and calculated for wearing with woolen socks — those for 

 the house maybe made of jean or prunella, chilblains being 

 common in winter. Lamb's wool stockings are seldom to be 

 got at the Cape, so, if you have the opportunity, bring a good 

 stock with you ; socks of chamois leather are very comfort- 

 able under cotton, and a jacket of the same material over 

 your shirt, will save you from the piercing effects of sudden 

 gusts of wind, to which you will be liable at all seasons in 

 Cape Town and its neighbourhood. Bring a carriage with 

 you, or a bandy ; the wheels and springs should be in perfect 

 order, as they will meet with rough roads : horses are not 

 driven en postilion, so you must mount a dickey. Also bring 

 your harnesses and saddlery, the former should all be provid- 

 ed v/ith breechings. Your conveyances should be well packed 

 to exclude cockroaches on board, or you will fall into the 

 clutches of the coach-makers, who will not spare you when 

 making out your bill. You will now I think start fair, so 

 adieu, till we meet again in Table Bay. 



" Arrived in the bay, abundance of excellent boats will come 

 off to the ship, but you must not attempt to land, until the 

 Officer of Health has given his permission; and you must be 

 cautious not to be caught by a south-easter, when it is un- 

 pleasant, and often unsafe, to attempt landing. You have only 



